Room to Grow (2007)
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ROOM TO GROW LYRICS
All For Good
by Adrienne Young & Will Kimbrough (April 2006)
It's just one more day out of my lifeGone for good, gone for good
I keep turning over in my mind
Did I get it right, right this time?
Worry's only ever in your mind
In mine all the time
What I'd give to be a bird in flight
Rapid climb, natural line
Plain as day, choices made
Why can't I let go? I'll always wonder
All this surrounds me. Why do I hunger?
I am a river, forever changing
Struggle is perfect. All that is here is for good
What has happened to the days when I
Would wake and smile like a child?
Every day a precious open book
Yet another chance I always took
But as I watch my complications rise
I realize, I decide
Simple slow and easy is the flow
That moves with grace, this I know
Choices made, plain as day
Why can't I let go? I'll always wonder
All this surrounds me. Why do I hunger?
I am a river, forever changing
Struggle is perfect, all that is here is for good
Now as I let go I sit in wonder
If all this surrounds me, I question my hunger
I am a river, forever changing so
Struggle is perfect and all that is here is for good
Room to Grow
by Adrienne Young & Will Kimbrough (April 2006)
She's a buckskin baby made of silk and steelDaughter of her Mother's heart
Dyed in the wool
Future farmer of a brand new start
She could've been a supermodel or a rich man's queen
Livin up on easy street
But the call of the wild
and the solid earth beneath her feet
Seemed to complete her
Let her see into her soul
To pastures greener
Where there's room enough to grow
Back to where the red fern knows
The sweetness of the mountain rose
And the land she laughs at all this wood and wire
We all outgrow the skin we're in
But we can weave, we can mend
Stitch by stitch, row by row
Making sure there's room enough to grow
Leaves were blowing on the pumpkins fattening in the field
She saw a ‘we got apples' sign
Turned down a road never knowing what she might find
He was sittin on his tractor when she caught his eye
He gave a wave and walked her way
He was all breath and britches hair the color of the sun on hay
Through winter's hunger
Spring and summer overflow
With love free to wander
where there's room enough to grow
Back to where the red fern knows
The sweetness of the mountain rose
And the land she laughs at all this wood and wire
We all outgrow the skin we're in
But we can weave, we can mend
Stich by stich, row by row
Making sure there's room enough to grow
Ohhhh ohhhhhh
Back to where the red fern knows
The sweetness of the mountain rose
And the land she laughs at all this wood and wire
We all outgrow the skin we're in
But we can weave, we can mend
Stich by stich, row by row
Making sure there's room enough to grow
Natural Bridge
by Adrienne Young (Autumn 2006)
Feel like I been riding for a thousand yearsDown this lonesome road and bitter trail of tears
But I gotta keep on
Gotta be strong
Emptied out this vessel in the desert sand
It was filled up so many things I couldn't understand
Yeah I did a lot wrong trying to belong
What makes you do wrong when you want to belong
Damn this dead end road
Down again I go
There's a different path that I can see
And it's waiting for me
It's a natural bridge that I'll be crossing over
A simple high green ridge to bonny fields of clover
And there my soul will dance again with my true love and all my kin
The greatest privilege to cross a natural bridge
Underneath the rees I breathe the breezes in
I know it's time to start and I know where to begin
I got to move on kick back and roll on
Damn this dead end road
Down again I go
There's a new path that I can see
And it's waiting for me
It's a natural bridge that I'll be crossing over
A simple high green ridge to bonny fields of clover
And there my soul will dance again with my true love and all my friends
The greatest privilege to cross a natural bridge
Feel like I been ridin for a thousand years
Down this lonesome road and bitter trail of tears
But I gotta keep on
I am strong
In Between the Heartbeats
by Mark D. Sanders, Michael White & Adrienne Young (Winter 2005)
I been trying to live my lifeIn between the heartbeats
It's like cutting a path with a pocket knife
In between the heartbeats
Ain't made it out of the thicket yet
But with an ounce of luck and a pound of sweat
Soon as I get there I'm going to place my bets
In between the heartbeats
Rain comes down and the rivers rise
In between the heartbeats
Sun comes down and the river runs dry
In between the heartbeats
Well all this worryin' about what to come
Don't amount to nothin' when it's said and done
Well the sun's gonna shine and the river's gonna run
In between the heartbeats
Oh and you gotta be quick when your heart's beating fast
Oh got to get in the moment 'fore the moments passed
Lord and you gotta be patient baby when your heart takes it down
Lord got to get in the rhythm of the world going round
I been meaning to change my ways
In between the heartbeats
Soon as I find me some longer days
In between the heartbeats
Only 24 hours on that ol' clock
You can't show up late when time is the boss
Ain't no counting the livin' I lost
in between the heartbeats
Well the very last words from my grandma
In between the heartbeats
Girl you won't believe the things that I saw
In between the heartbeats
It's a flyin leap from birth to death
Gotta to treat each moment like a special guest
'Bout the best you can do is do your best
In between the heartbeats
Yeah in between the heartbeats
Yean in between the heartbeats
High Flyin' Dream
by Adrienne Young & Will Kimbrough (Autumn 2006)
Well I got me a working man with dirty nails and calloused handsAnd a big old heart pushin' 18 wheels
His blood beats as red as mine
It ain't cold and blue or hard to find
He knows what he wants he ain't afraid to say
Well we met north of Tennessee
It was my guitar he and me
It's been a road of ups and downs and compromise
Lord I never thought it would be so rough
To fall in love but it's worth the guff
'Cause a forest begins with an acorn size
To one high flyin' dream
Somewhere safe somewhere home and somewhere free
Love, family
We're paying down these dues
Together win or lose
My baby and me and one high flyin' dream
Sometimes when I am on my own
And my thoughts drift back to the life alone
That I led before my man asked me to stay
Well I thank the good lord up above
For the wonder joy and dream of love
I know nothing on this earth could block our way
To one high flyin' dream
Somewhere safe somewhere home and somewhere free
Love, family
We're paying down these dues
Together win or lose
My baby and me and one high flyin' dream
Gravity can't stop two hearts from soaring out of time
High flyin dream
Somewhere safe somewhere home and somewhere free
Love, family
We're paying down these dues
Together win or lose
My baby and me and one high flyin' dream
Free Man in Paris
by Joni Mitchell
The way I see it, he said, you just can't win itEverybody's in it for their own gain
You can't please them all
There's always somebody draggin' you down
I do my best and I do good business
There's a lot of people askin' for my time
They're tryin' to get ahead
They're tryin' to be a good friend of mine
I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
There was nobody callin' me up for favors
And no one's future to decide
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
Except for the work I've taken on
Stoking the star maker machinery
Behind the popular song
I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers
Lately I wonder what I do it for
If I had my way
I'd just walk through those streets and wander
Down the Champs Elysees
Going café to cabaret
Thinking how I'd feel when I find
That very good friend of mine
I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
There was nobody callin' me up for favors
And no one's future to decide
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
Except for the work I've taken on
Stoking the star maker machinery
Behind the popular song
River and a Dirt Road
by Mark D. Sanders, Michael White, Adrienne Young (Autumn 2005)
What I wouldn't give for a river right nowCarry me away so far away from this crowd
Might be out in Colorado, might be down along the coast
Might be small enough to wade across
Or big enough for a boat
A river
What I wouldn't give for a dirt road right now
Just a little ribbon of red clay headed south
Might be back in olde Virginia
Could be down in Tennessee
There'd be nothing there to speak of
No nothing there but me and that dirt road
Baby that road would walk run beside that river
And I'd take my sweet time walking it alone
No I would not need to think where I was going
'Cause that river and that red dirt road
Would lead me home
What I wouldn't give for a river right now
What I wouldn't give for a dirt road right now
Givin' Up the Fight
by Adrienne Young & Will Kimbrough (Spring 2006)
Well baby, I thought I was always ready to take your hand, climb up and ride awayBut the good things in this life grow slow and steady
And I was trying to fit forever in a day
Oh but now I sense how so much here between us
Needs faith and space and tie to make it right
So I am letting go
So that love can grow
Well baby I am giving up the fight
All the while I spent lost in restless wander
For a person, place or thing to make me whole
Is now a memory that I can gently ponder
As a lesson in relinquishing control
'Cause as simple as it sounds I'm finally learning
That everything I need is here inside
So just let it go, let's let our love grow
Yeah baby I am giving up the fight
You belong, just as I do
To the dark and to the light
Right or wrong, it's just two points of view
Yeah baby I am giving up the fight
So amazed at all the blessings of our table
All the miracles of love that we've been shown
Well as side by side we sit so young and able
To heed lessons learned and those we've yet to know
'Cause when two hearts reach a deeper understanding
Well their love it can survive the blackest night
So let's let it go
And let our love grow
Well baby I am giving up the fight
You belong, just as I do
To the dark and to the light
Right or wrong, it's just two points of view
Yeah baby I am giving up the fight
Dark Around the Moon
by Adrienne Young (Winter 2006)
Baby I've got some hard words to say'Cause once they are said we must go separate ways
But it ain't right, got no peace in my soul
And lately it's taken it's toll
Used to be it was enough to love
Though the closest I got to your hand was a glove
Mindful of your misery I hushed the voice in me
Tried to wrap my love around you like the dark around the moon
Let my love surround you like a cinnamon cocoon
Oh but I have stayed too long in the shade
Blind to my own view
In the dark around the moon
Waters moving underneath ground
Through the veins of this earth in her blue liquid gown
Winding towards her destiny to join again with sea
I had come to regard us this way
That our love was a force too directed to sway
But even rivers must divide when falling rocks collide
Tried to wrap my love around you like the dark around the moon
Let my love surround you like a cinnamon cocoon
Oh but I have stayed too long in the shade
Blind to my own view
In the dark around the moon
Darlin' wrap my love around you like the dark around the moon
Baby let this love surround you like a cinnamon cocoon
Oh but I can stay no more in the shade
Oh blind to my own view
In the dark around the moon
How is This World Better Now
by Adrienne Young (Winter 2004)
Well the air cut my face like a knife, so coldAs you struggled to hang onto life, eyes bold
Oh angels of mercy show some courtesy
To this sweet soul
Take me, why didn't you take me
There were worlds come alive in your eyes
There were passions uncompromised
There were struggles I know
We would've learned from
Sprung like a spring
Sunbold and green
You crowned my world
Alone at night
No more was I a love soaked girl
Can you give me a reason
That isn't treason to all things good
Take me, why don't you take me
There were worlds come alive in your eyes
There were dreams still unrealized
There were struggles I know we learned from
You had so much life to live
You had so much good love to give
Tell me how is this world better now
God tell me how is this world better now
I could drift a thousand years
Floating on this sea of tears
But I know you would rather have me go outside and play
So I look towards the heavens and I pray
May your worlds come alive in my eyes
May your dreams all be realized
And may every struggle I learn from
I have so much life to live
I have so much good love to give
Tell me how is this world better now
Can you tell me how is this world better now
That you are gone
Leaving It Behind
by Adrienne Young & Chris Moore (March 2006)
How many springs did I run through the meadowAmazed by all the colors in the field
Handfuls of flowers and I couldn't wait to pick 'em
Mama look the daffodils are here
A few days of glory and then they were gone
It always made me sad to watch them die
(But it) helped me to learn they were never mine anyway
And part of life is leaving it behind
How many springs has it been since that morning
We said goodbye to mama on this hill
Just like today, the wind seemed to lift us
Connecting us to destiny fulfilled
A few days of glory and then we are gone
It always makes us sad to say goodbye
(But it) helps us to learn they were never ours anyway
And part of life is leaving it behind
I still have the questions
I still cry the tears
I still see the beauty in these flowers
But now I leave them here
I count every day as a gift that I'm given
To be with all the flowers on the hill
Don't have to look very hard to get livin'
In gratitude for every hush and thrill
A few days of glory and then I'll be gone
Sometimes it makes me sad to say goodbye
(But it) helps me to learn it was never mine anyway
And part of life is leaving it behind
